Our Not Interested department
scams April 11th. 2008, 11:27amI’ve just had a phonecall on my mobile.
Welsh Bloke: Hi there! I’m just ringing you to let you know your T-mobile contract is up for renewal and we can offer you a brand new phone and a massive reduction on your bill!
My contract is indeed up for renewal. So I naturally just assumed it was T-mobile calling me.
Me: Erm, OK. It’s unlikely you’ll be able to reduce my bill…
Welsh Bloke: Lets see we–
Me: Hang on, are you from T-mobile
Welshy: Well, no. We’re a company called Mobiles For You and we can offer–
Me: Right, well, I’m sorry but I’m not interested.
Welshy: I’m not interesting?
Me: No, I’m not interested in whatever it is you’re going to offer.
Welshy: Right sir, I’ll just put you through to our “Not Interested” department.
Me: What? You have a–
Welshy: Please hold a second…
So I hung up. Their number was 01792 828102 if anyone fancies ringing them and asking for their Not Interested department. I would, but, well, I’m not actually interested.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:34
Just gave them a call. Didn’t get a welsh chap though.
Asked for the not interested dept, and he got confused. Told me I had the wrong number. Didn’t even attempt to put me through.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:36
It would appear I’m not the only one:
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01792828102
April 15th, 2008 at 12:38
Do they also have a “go screw yourself” dept?
April 17th, 2008 at 15:04
Thanks for hte heads-up deKay (second result when you Google the number!), my sister-in-law keeps getting calls from them (she doesn’t answer) so I’ve just told her to ignore them. Interestingly enough she’s on T-Mobile too!
May 1st, 2008 at 16:07
[...] I’ve just had a call on my mobile, from the number 01792 828105. Which looks suspiciously similar to 01792 828103, don’t you think? As in, the number of a company that rang a couple of weeks ago trying to scam me over a new phone or contract or rabbits or something - I can’t really remember as I wasn’t interested. [...]
June 11th, 2008 at 12:51
Haha i just got the welsh guy on the phone, asked me what contract i was on so i told him n he just went silent n said yeah thats quite a good offer…but we can get a phone sent out to u by the weekend…did he tell me what company he was from? no. did he tell me what phone he had in mind of sending me? no. but i did get his name - tom
June 27th, 2008 at 17:53
[...] it’s another one of those numbers again. Got a call in the wee hours this morning, but didn’t answer. From the look of Who Calls Me, [...]
August 21st, 2008 at 11:15
I’ve been getting SO many calls from 01254 277054, but I’ve never answered.
As I live in north Scotland I was a bit surprised when I realised it was a Blackburn area code.
I’m with 3 mobile, and yes my contract is soon to expire.
How did they get my number??